Recommendations based on Brillianceby Marcus Sakey

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  1. A Better World

    by Marcus Sakey
    In a world where people have developed superhuman abilities, a group of rebels fights against a corrupt government to create a better world.

    The brilliants changed everything. Since 1980, 1% of the world has been born with gifts we’d only dreamed of. The ability to sense a person’s most intimate secrets, or predict the stock market, or ... (Goodreads)

  2. Shift

    by Hugh Howey
    A post-apocalyptic adventure, as a father searches for his missing daughter in a mysterious new world.

    In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platform that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct ... (Goodreads)

  3. Wool Omnibus

    by Hugh Howey
    Uncovering the truth behind a post-apocalyptic world, where society is hidden beneath a giant dome.

    The story of Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth. , Humanity clings to survival in the Silo, a subterranean city extending one hundred forty-four stories beneath the surface. The series ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Dust

    by Hugh Howey
    A post-apocalyptic world struggles to survive against oppressive forces.

    The story of Wool takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth. , Humanity clings to survival in the Silo, a subterranean city extending one hundred forty-four stories beneath the surface. The series ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Pines

    by Blake Crouch
    A man's journey to uncover the secrets of a mysterious town, and its inhabitants.

    Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America–or so it seems. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he ... (Goodreads)

  6. The Atlantis Plague

    by A.G. Riddle
    A global pandemic unleashes an ancient virus, sparking a race to save humanity.

    A pandemic 70,000 years in the making...,will change humanity...,forever., The race to stop the Atlantis Plague has begun. Buy now and continue the worldwide bestselling series that began with The ... (Goodreads)

  7. Wayward

    by Blake Crouch
    A man's desperate mission to rescue his family from a parallel dimension.

    Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town is a modern-day Eden...except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything ... (Goodreads)

  8. The Atlantis Gene

    by A.G. Riddle
    A thrilling race to decipher the code of an ancient, mysterious gene.

    The greatest mystery of all time...,the history of human origins...,will be revealed. In Antarctica, researchers discover a mysterious structure, buried in ice. In a lab in Jakarta, an autism ... (Goodreads)

  9. The Last Town

    by Blake Crouch
    A small town is cut off from the world by a mysterious barricade and its inhabitants must fight to survive.

    Welcome to Wayward Pines, the last town. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrived in Wayward Pines, Idaho, three weeks ago. In this town, people are told who to marry, where to live, where to work. ... (Goodreads)

  10. Hammered

    by Kevin Hearne
    Atticus O'Sullivan, the last druid, is hunted by gods and goddesses after stealing a magical sword. He must fight to survive.

    Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is worse than a blowhard and a bully—he’s ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents. After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Magicians

    by Lev Grossman
    A coming-of-age story of a young man's journey to a magical world, learning to wield its power.

    The, New York Times, bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on, SYFY,“,The Magicians, is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a ... (Barnes & Noble)

  12. The Broken Eye

    by Brent Weeks
    The third book in the Lightbringer series, where magic and politics collide in a world on the brink of war.

    The novel "The Broken Eye" begins with a sea demon attack on the Chromeria, which a black sperm whale defends and rescues the city from at the last moment. Sperm whales had not been seen since the ... (Wikipedia)

  13. The Blinding Knife

    by Brent Weeks
    A magical adventure to save the world, filled with powerful forces of good and evil.

    The Blinding Knife begins four days after the end of the previous novel. The Prism, 'Gavin'/Dazen, sends Kip back to the Chromeria with Ironfist, instructing him to become a Blackguard. With Karris ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Old Man's War

    by John Scalzi
    Elderly citizens enlist in an interstellar war to save humanity, discovering new strength and purpose.

    Old Man's War is about a soldier named John Perry and his exploits in the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The first-person narrative follows Perry's military career from CDF recruit to the rank of ... (Wikipedia)

  15. 11/22/63

    by Stephen King
    A time-traveler attempts to prevent the assassination of JFK.

    Jake Epping is a recently divorced high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine , earning extra money teaching a GED class. Epping gives an assignment to his adult students, asking them to ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Red Rising

    by Pierce Brown
    An oppressed society's revolution against their oppressive overlords, led by a young man with a hidden destiny.

    It has been seven hundred years since mankind colonized other planets. The powerful ruling class of humans has installed a rigid, color-based social hierarchy where the physically superior Golds at ... (Wikipedia)

  17. The Last Juror

    by John Grisham
    A small-town journalist's journey to uncover the truth of a decades-old murder case.

    In 1970, a 23-year-old college dropout named Willie Traynor realizes that his dreams of becoming a Pulitzer -winning journalist will never come true. He moves to Clanton, Mississippi for an ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Hounded

    by Kevin Hearne
    A druid's mission to protect an ancient artifact from an evil Celtic god.

    The first novel in the Iron Druid Chronicles—introducing a cool, new, funny urban fantasy hero Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. The Eyre Affair

    by Jasper Fforde
    An eccentric literary detective, in an alternate 1985, uses time-travel to save kidnapped characters from classic novels.

    In a parallel universe , England and Imperial Russia have fought the Crimean War for more than a century; England still has a parliamentary government, although heavily influenced by the Goliath ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Twisted Prey

    by John Sandford
    Lucas Davenport investigates a political assassination plot, but the suspects are elusive and dangerous.

    Lucas Davenport confronts an old nemesis, now more powerful than ever as a U.S. senator, in the thrilling new novel in the #1 , ,, New York Times, , ,-bestselling Prey series, Lucas Davenport had ... (Goodreads)

  21. The Professor

    by Robert Bailey
    A law professor takes on a wrongful death case, uncovering corruption and facing personal demons along the way.

    Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. The Atlantis World

    by A.G. Riddle
    The final book in the Atlantis trilogy, where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the battle between the Atlantean and human factions reaches its climax.
  23. Dead Beat

    by Jim Butcher
    A wizard-detective takes on a magical mission to save the world from a powerful necromancer.

    It's three days before Halloween and nearly a year after the events in, Blood Rites, . Mavra , from the previous novel, orders Dresden to locate The Word of Kemmler for her within 3 days, or Karrin ... (Wikipedia)

  24. Changes

    by Jim Butcher
    Harry Dresden, wizard detective, faces new challenges as he navigates the dangerous world of the supernatural in Chicago.

    Susan Rodriguez contacts Dresden to tell him they have a daughter, Margaret Angelica ("Maggie" for short), who has been kidnapped by the Duchess Arianna, the widow of a Red Court duke that Ebenezar ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Station Eleven

    by Emily St. John Mandel
    Post-apocalyptic exploration of a world drastically changed after a pandemic.

    An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse,, Station Eleven, tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. Killing Floor

    by Lee Child
    An ex-military cop is thrust into a dangerous criminal underworld to solve the murder of a woman.

    Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in the town of Margrave, Georgia , because he remembers his brother mentioning that a blues musician named Blind Blake had died there. Much to his surprise, ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Going Postal

    by Terry Pratchett
    An eccentric postman's humorous journey to restore order to a chaotic post office.

    As with many of the Discworld novels, the story takes place in Ankh-Morpork , a powerful city-state based on the historical and modern settings of various metropolises like London or New York City. ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Snow Crash

    by Neal Stephenson
    A hacker's quest in a futuristic America dealing with a mysterious computer virus.

    Hiro Protagonist is a hacker and pizza delivery driver for the Mafia. He meets Y.T. (short for Yours Truly), a young skateboard Kourier ( courier ) who refers to herself in the third person , during ... (Wikipedia)

  29. CyberStorm

    by Matthew Mather
    A catastrophic cyber attack hits New York City, leaving a family stranded and fighting for survival in a world without power or communication.

    The novel is set in current day New York City , New York . The main character is Mike Mitchel a successful businessman living in New York City married into a family of wealth and power. He lives with ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Stardust

    by Neil Gaiman
    A fantastical journey of discovery, romance and adventure in a magical world.

    On the outskirts of Wall, a small town in rural England, the Faerie Market is held every nine years on the other side of the wall dividing Faerie — a mystical realm of magic — from our world and for ... (Wikipedia)